<div dir="ltr">It is absurd to give the GAC more power: the result of their action on .WINE is something which should be avoided in future rounds.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Seth Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seth.p.johnson@gmail.com" target="_blank">seth.p.johnson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>

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On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 10:50 PM, William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi<br>
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> Well this is interesting.  ICANN’s proposing a bylaws change that would would require 2/3 of the voting members of the Board to vote to act inconsistently with a piece of GAC advice.  Currently, the Bylaws require a simple majority of the Board.  <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/bylaws-amend-gac-advice-2014-08-15-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/bylaws-amend-gac-advice-2014-08-15-en</a><br>


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> The public comment forum is here <a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-bylaws-amend-gac-advice-15aug14/" target="_blank">http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-bylaws-amend-gac-advice-15aug14/</a><br>
> Might be good for people to weigh in, individually and/or collectively.<br>
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> Michael Geist offers an initial take on this,<br>
> <a href="http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2014/08/government-control-internet-governance-icann-proposes-giving-gac-increased-power-board-decisions/" target="_blank">http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2014/08/government-control-internet-governance-icann-proposes-giving-gac-increased-power-board-decisions/</a><br>


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> Bill<br>
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